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Sr. Enterprise Applications Architect
At B&A, we foster and embrace a distinct set of values that we live by and instill in all aspects of our organization: dedication, commitment, partnership, trust, and recognition. We have incorporated these values into successful delivery for our customers since 1988. B&A believes in ensuring its employees feel deeply connected to B&A, recognizing successes and hard work, and providing continuous opportunities to learn and grow. Our people are entrepreneurial thinkers that combine mindset, vision, and experience to drive value – not only to us as an organization, but to the clients we support. We promote a collaborative culture with our clients, and with each other, as one team working towards a common vision. We’d love for you to join our team!
Job Summary
B&A is looking for an Sr. Enterprise Applications Architect to join a contract with a federal government client in support of an important mission. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work with a great team while supporting.
Responsibilities
- Apply concepts of application architecture and service orientation to assist customer teams responsible for developing HA application requirements in specific functional areas.
- Coordinate work to prevent overlap and ensure alignment with the Enterprise Architecture Framework, IT strategy, SDLC, strategic drivers, and standards.
- Prepare as-is and to-be application architecture artifacts including system connect diagrams, application reference models, software requirements documents, interface descriptions, data dictionaries, performance monitoring and logging specifications, high availability and scaling designs, DR concepts and designs, and application staging plans.
- Work with data and infrastructure architects and software program managers to ensure integrity, high availability, and scalability of application systems and plans within the context of the overall Enterprise Architecture; and guide the work of business systems/business case analysts and documentation specialists.
- Develop current and future state application architectures, including but not limited to business transformation, identifying potential risks and opportunities, capturing the rationale for architecture design decisions, negotiating conflicting requirements, improving architectural documentation quality, and facilitating clear articulation architectural artifacts (Business, Information, Application, Infrastructure, Integration, Security etc.) recommendations to ensure value driven sustainable Architectural perspectives apply industry standard architectural frameworks to the client's enterprise to guide and update the architectural baselines within the enterprise.
- Apply industry standard architectural frameworks to the client's enterprise to guide and update the architectural baselines within the enterprise.
- Follow industry standards and best practices to enable effective review process for a multitude of technology paradigm within transit industry.
- Participate in the strategic discussions and associated architecture building blocks review processes.
- Analyze and review business capability architecture and translate it into an effective information architecture, features, functionalities, etc.
- Translate user behavior into structured elements, attributes, process workflows, user scenarios, storyboards etc. for Enterprise information systems – PeopleSoft, Maximo, Kronos, Hyperion, Hastus, Trapeze, etc.
- Ensure business, functional, technical and information processes are reviewed and validated to meet the enterprise expectations.
- Coordinate and align with business, technology, visual, structural, editorial, cognitive and enterprise strategies.
- Understand the different contexts and provide meaningful inferences with respect to architecture reviews.
- Determine inconsistencies in business capabilities, results and escalate unusual problems.
- Apply concepts of application architecture and service orientation to assist customer teams responsible for developing application requirements in specific functional areas.
- Guide construction of architecture review question sets and conduct fact-based object review of technology paradigms to facilitate rationale for value propositions.
- Enforce business transformation and optimization through due-diligence review from architectural perspectives and viewpoints.
- Identify potential risks in the proposed architecture.
- Assess attributes related to scalability, performance, etc.
- Identify opportunities for reuse of artifacts and components.
- Promote optimized architecture design and evaluation practices.
- Reduce project cost caused by undetected design problems.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field
- At least 15+ Years of Experience in design and development of solution
Required Skills
- Exceptional solution architecture experience and familiarity with architecture patterns and design with emphasis on performance tuning, logging, and monitoring, Micro services and Cloud, high availability/scaling solutioning, and software development skills.
- Strong analytical, verbal communication, and written communication skills.
- Experience using MS Visio or other data or application visualization software to document application architecture.
- Experience using MS Excel to perform basic software requirements documentation.
- Familiarity with MS Word and MS PowerPoint.
- Experience coordinating software requirements and working with development teams.
- Proven ability to plan and deploy custom COTS and middleware application programs and process improvements.
- Experience managing teams of programmers for the deployment of large, complex web and mobile applications; and
- Experience performing the application architecture function, from conception to deployment, of a large government multi-agency solution.
Desired Skills
- Experience in the transit industry.
- Experience integrating legacy applications or data sources across a J2EE, MS.NET, and/or legacy mainframe or mini environment.
- At least three (3) years of experience implementing architectural patterns and designs for web and mobile applications.
- Hands-on experience designing and implementing HA and scaling solutions in a complex, multi-application architecture including Cloud.
- Expertise in integrating complex, HA designs within a complex network environment supporting multiple web and mobile applications; and
- Experience planning and deploying a business process management solution and/or a workflow engine within a large, enterprise software deployment.
More About B&A:
Notable Clients
B&A has grown to be a company that is trusted by our clients for exceptional service, innovative solutions, and inspired employees. Our service extends through federal, state, and local Government, the private sector, and higher education. Some of our notable clients include Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Senate, U.S. Courts, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Navy, and more.
B&A has grown to be a company that is trusted by our clients for exceptional service, innovative solutions, and inspired employees. Our service extends through federal, state, and local Government, the private sector, and higher education. Some of our notable clients include Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Senate, U.S. Courts, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Navy, and more.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
B&A affirms its long-standing commitment to maintain a diverse workforce reflective of the communities in which it operates, strives to maintain a business culture that recognizes the contributions and interests of diverse cultural and social groups, and seeks to maximize employee efforts by understanding individual differences and perspectives.
Benefits and Programs
B&A is proud to offer full time employees a 100% premium paid medical plan option, which includes coverage for medical, prescription, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, disability, Teladoc, and accident insurance. In addition to these benefits, B&A employees enjoy paid time off, tuition assistance, B&A sponsored trainings and certifications, commuter transit benefits (SmartBenefits) for DC Metro full-time employees and a free subscription to a virtual exercise platform (NEOU).
B&A is proud to offer full time employees a 100% premium paid medical plan option, which includes coverage for medical, prescription, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, disability, Teladoc, and accident insurance. In addition to these benefits, B&A employees enjoy paid time off, tuition assistance, B&A sponsored trainings and certifications, commuter transit benefits (SmartBenefits) for DC Metro full-time employees and a free subscription to a virtual exercise platform (NEOU).
B&A has launched several programs to focus on employee engagement, wellness, and assistance.
These include:
- The B&A Cares program: on-staff registered counselor, 30/60/90-day wellness check ins, personal development, financial management, and stress management seminars, wellness challenges, and more
- A formal mentorship program
- Job shadowing and cross training opportunities
- Brand Ambassador program
- Lifeworks Employee Assistance Program (EAP): engagement through guided wellness and peer recognition. Access to various support resources to include counseling, legal guidance, financial planning, and more
- Monthly virtual events
- B&A Annual Wellness Challenge: #StepWithB&A, #WalkDuringLunchWithB&A, #VolunteeringWithB&A, and #ExerciseDuringLunchWithB&A, and more
At B&A, we place significant importance on improving the communities and lives of citizens across the nation through our involvement, technology expertise, and employees. B&A puts an emphasis on charitable efforts in the Northern Virginia area, including Capital Area Food Bank pantry drives, book donations, Hope for Henry Foundation events, and many more. In recognition of all these efforts, B&A has been named a Companies as Responsive Employers (CARE) award recipient by Northern Virginia Family Services and nominated by the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce for Outstanding Corporate Citizenship Award.
EEO
B&A provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. B&A complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy covers conduct occurring at B&A’s offices, and other workplaces (including client sites) and all other locations where B&A is providing services, and to all work-related activities.
Affirmative Action Plan
As a federal government contractor and based on Executive Orders and applicable laws and regulations, B&A develops and maintains annual written Affirmative Action Plans and endeavors to hire and advance qualified minorities, females, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans.
B&A participates in e-Verify. We provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee’s I-9 Form to confirm work authorization.
Job Information
- Job ID: 71151526
- Workplace Type: Hybrid
- Location:
Virginia, United States - Company Name For Job: B&A
- Position Title: Sr. Enterprise Applications Architect
- Industry: Information Services
- Job Function: Information Technology
- Job Type: Full-Time
Government Contractor
McLean
,
Virginia
,
United States
The B&A team fosters and embraces a distinct set of values that we live by and instill in all aspects of our organization: dedication, commitment, partnership, trust, and recognition. We have incorporated these values into successful delivery for our customers since our inception in 1988. B&A’s core values, mission, and vision objectives are embedded in the corporate culture. B&A believes in ensuring its employees feel deeply connected to B&A, recognizing successes and hard work, and providing continuous opportunities to lea...
